Diagnostic: 48980 - "Form 1116/1116AMT 'Date paid or accrued' field is currently required for electronic filing. This can be entered on the Foreign Tax Credit..." with a 1041 return using worksheet view in CCH® ProSystem fx® Tax and CCH Axcess™ Tax.

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  • Problem Resolution
  • Last Modified:
  • 11/05/2022

Symptoms

Full Diagnostic Text
Electronic Filing.  Form 1116/1116AMT 'Date paid or accrued' field is currently required for electronic filing.  This can be entered on the Foreign Tax Credit worksheet, General section; Interest or Dividend worksheet, Foreign Information section; or Consolidated 1099 worksheet, Interest or Dividend Income section.   If paid by a passthrough, please enter on the Foreign Tax Credit worksheet, General, Foreign Information section.   

Foreign country codes are also required and can be entered on the 1116 - Foreign Tax Credit worksheet, General section, Foreign country code - Required field as well as the Part II - Foreign Taxes Paid or Accrued section, Code - Required field.

Environment

  • CCH® ProSystem fx® Tax
  • CCH Axcess™ Tax
  • Fiduciary - 1041
  • Worksheet View - WSV
  • Form 1116
  • Electronic Filing

Cause

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Resolution

In general, input the date paid in all possible places and delete unneeded inputs. Go to Foreign > 1116 - Foreign Tax Credit worksheet, and for both general and passive sheets, any country code appearing on Grid 4, row Foreign Country Code - Required, also input those country codes in Grid 11, column Code - Required, and a date in column Date Paid for that country code.

Steps to complete when the foreign information is entered in credits worksheet:
  1. Go to Credits > 1116 - Foreign Tax Credit.
    • Select Section 1 - General.
      • In line 4 (grid) - Foreign country code - Required, verify the country code is entered.
      • In line 11 (grid) - Part II - Foreign Taxes Paid or Accrued, verify Code - Required and Date Paid have been entered.
  2. Calculate the return.
    • You may need to repeat step 1 on additional columns/rows if the diagnostic doesn't clear.
                       
Steps to complete when the foreign information is entered in foreign worksheet:
  1. Go to Foreign > 1116 - Foreign Tax Credit.
    • Select Section 1 - General.
      • In line 4 (grid) - Foreign country code - Required, verify the country code is entered.
      • In line 11 (grid) - Part II - Foreign Taxes Paid or Accrued, verify Code - Required and Date Paid have been entered.
  2. Calculate the return.

Steps to complete when the foreign information is entered in the interest worksheet:
  1. Go to Income > Interest [1099-INT].
    • In the summary grid - Interest Summary (IRS 1099-INT) select detail.
      • Select Section 6 - Foreign Information.
        • In line 2 - Country, verify the country code is entered.
        • In line 5 - Date paid or accrued, verify the date paid has been entered.
  2. Calculate the return.

Steps to complete when the foreign information is entered in the dividend worksheet:
  1. Go to Income > Dividends [1099-DIV].
    • In the summary grid - Dividend Summary (IRS 1099-DIV) select detail.
      • Select Section 5 - Foreign Information.
        • In line 2 - Country, verify the country code is entered.
        • In line 7 - Date paid or accrued, verify the date paid has been entered.
        • Verify the Foreign Income Code is entered, if necessary..
  2. Calculate the return.

Steps to complete when the foreign information is entered in the consolidated 1099 worksheet:
  1. Go to Income > Consolidated 1099.
    • Select Section 2 - Dividend Income.
      • In line 30 - Foreign country code, verify the country code is entered.
      • In line 35 - Date paid or accrued, verify the date paid has been entered.
  2. Go to Income > Consolidated 1099.
    • Select Section 3 - Interest Income.
      • In line 31 - Foreign country code, verify the country code is entered.
      • In line 34 - Date paid or accrued, verify the date paid has been entered.
  3. Calculate the return.

Additional Information

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